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with the romney campaign they look at these mums the trend is still in romney's favor. he's getting better with independents, closing the gender gap with women and has greater gop enthusiasm. obama campaign looks at the top line numbers and says we'll win. the omni campaign says no there's data points we find optimistic. >> what impact has the storm had on the momentum of the campaign? >> it's frozen the campaign, charlie. it's taken up the media space. but the on the ground work still continues. in ohio they lost power on monday night in cuyahoga county there was an obama phone banking operation that continued by candlelight. in hampton roads, virginia they shut down had to evacuate. they took over 75 rooms in richmond, virginia, overnight made it obama-biden operation there within a matter of hours. so all that ground game stuff still goes unabated. storm takes up tremendous amount of media space but where it matters most the campaign continues. >> will the ground game favor one or other candidate? >> look the early vote right now is there's a huge dispute going on. i
with the romney campaign they look at these mums the trend is still in romney's favor. he's getting better with independents, closing the gender gap with women and has greater gop enthusiasm. obama campaign looks at the top line numbers and says we'll win. the omni campaign says no there's data points we find optimistic. >> what impact has the storm had on the momentum of the campaign? >> it's frozen the campaign, charlie. it's taken up the media space. but the on the ground work...
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big states for romney but -- >> do you give north carolina to romney? >> north carolina to romney, then you still have 272 for the president. so romney could win north carolina, ohio, virginia and florida. and there's still a path for the president to 270. >> here is what the republicans seem to believe, governor jeb bush on this program yesterday. he said they believe the undecideds are going to governor romney. if that happens, will it change the dynamic? what's the mind of the undecided? >> well, the mind of them -- i asked for a response from undecided for a piece i wrote and got about 260 responses. these are people who are willing to write in to talk about this. that's not the entire pool of undecideds. the mind of the undecided is they're frustrated with the president. they're not sure he can handle the economy. they think mitt romney can. what worries them, in a sense these undecideds, it's a referendum on romney, they are worried he might pursue an aggressive conservative social agenda or aggressive foreign policy. they're not interested in tha
big states for romney but -- >> do you give north carolina to romney? >> north carolina to romney, then you still have 272 for the president. so romney could win north carolina, ohio, virginia and florida. and there's still a path for the president to 270. >> here is what the republicans seem to believe, governor jeb bush on this program yesterday. he said they believe the undecideds are going to governor romney. if that happens, will it change the dynamic? what's the mind of...
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but the romney campaign and romney himself they never saw it coming. they had faced this expectations on different assessments on turnout and in the end they were just flat out wrong and you know what? those are the kind of losses that hurt the most. with romney, paul ryan and their families on stage election night to concede what was evident was the emotion. >> like so many of you, paul and i have left everything on the field. we have given our all to this campaign. >> reporter: when the votes were counted what also was evident they were playing on a different field. the loss caught the romney campaign by surprise. but the most emotional difficult was thinking until the last minute they were going to win. >> the romney people looked at a model for turnout that was less accurate than the model for turnout that the obama people decided. >> reporter: romney's campaign expected the number of minority voters to be closer to the 2004 election. instead the number of minorities voting in 2012 were like the numbers in 2008 when a wave of minority support elect
but the romney campaign and romney himself they never saw it coming. they had faced this expectations on different assessments on turnout and in the end they were just flat out wrong and you know what? those are the kind of losses that hurt the most. with romney, paul ryan and their families on stage election night to concede what was evident was the emotion. >> like so many of you, paul and i have left everything on the field. we have given our all to this campaign. >> reporter:...
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romney had expected to win. earlier in the day he told reporters he had written only one speech, a victory speech. >> it's about 1,118 words, and i'm sure it will change before i'm finished because i haven't passed it around to my family and friends and advisers to get their reaction. >> reporter: but in the end he delivered a concession speech, lasting just five minutes. >> i so wish that i had been able to fulfill your hopes to lead the country in a different direction, but the nation chose another leader, and so ann and i join with you to earnestly pray for him and for this great nation. thank you and god bless america. >> reporter: you could see the sadness in romney as he gave that speech last night. it was a hard-fought campaign and as you said he didn't leave anything on the table. not only was it the end of the campaign after those 17 months on the campaign trail, it also is most likely the end of romney's political life, his wife ann said last night that he will not be running again. charlie and norah?
romney had expected to win. earlier in the day he told reporters he had written only one speech, a victory speech. >> it's about 1,118 words, and i'm sure it will change before i'm finished because i haven't passed it around to my family and friends and advisers to get their reaction. >> reporter: but in the end he delivered a concession speech, lasting just five minutes. >> i so wish that i had been able to fulfill your hopes to lead the country in a different direction, but...
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the romney campaign looks at these numbers and the statewide polls and the trend is still in romney's favor, closing the gender gap with women, has greater gop enthusiasm. obama campaign looks at the top line numbers and says we're going to win. romney campaign says no, uppedlying data points we find optimistic and maybe give us a path to victory. >> what impact has the storm had on the momentum of the campaign? >> it's frozen the campaign, charlie, taken up the media space. on the groundwork still continues. give you a couple of examples. in ohio, they lost power monday night. in cuyahoga county, there was an obama phone banking operation that continued by candlelight. in hampton rhodes, virginia, they shut down and had to evacuate. they took over 75 rooms in richmond, virginia and made it an obama/biden phone operation within hours. all that ground game stuff goes on, unabated. storm takes up tremendous media space. where it may be most zies ideci the campaign continues. >> will it benefit one or the other capped date? >> i'm trying to write a magazine piece about this. it's almost
the romney campaign looks at these numbers and the statewide polls and the trend is still in romney's favor, closing the gender gap with women, has greater gop enthusiasm. obama campaign looks at the top line numbers and says we're going to win. romney campaign says no, uppedlying data points we find optimistic and maybe give us a path to victory. >> what impact has the storm had on the momentum of the campaign? >> it's frozen the campaign, charlie, taken up the media space. on the...
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romney campaign knows that. what they have hope to is sandy diminish as a memory and tuesday become recalibration days. >> major garrett, john dickerson, see there's always more to say which is why we'll have you back again. all right. election day willing go ahead tomorrow in new york and new jersey, even in areas that still have no power because of hurricane sandy. one week after the big storm hit, 1.4 million utility customers in five states are still without electricity and the death toll is 106. schools will reopen this morning in new york city and many other communities however drivers are still waiting in those long lines for gasoline and officials predict another difficult commute because not all subways and trains are running yet. >> there's new urgency in the recovery effort because the weather is not helping. millions of storm victims, jim axelrod is in the hard hit secretary of rockaway, queens. >> reporter: this week the weather forecast is throwing one more challenge at those devastated parts of ne
romney campaign knows that. what they have hope to is sandy diminish as a memory and tuesday become recalibration days. >> major garrett, john dickerson, see there's always more to say which is why we'll have you back again. all right. election day willing go ahead tomorrow in new york and new jersey, even in areas that still have no power because of hurricane sandy. one week after the big storm hit, 1.4 million utility customers in five states are still without electricity and the death...
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romney won big states, whole damn south, louisiana. but, but here's the deal. of the nine key swing states obama won eight. i mean how -- even pennsylvania. despite the fact that after a week of hurricane sandy, thousands of amish remain without power. [ laughter ] >> superstorm sandy made landfall near atlantic city, new jersey ten days ago. resort city is struggling to get back on its feet. >> casinos were closed for nearly a week and that affected dozens of lower cal businesses. ceo of cesars is here with us. his company owns several luxury properties. so how dual make out and what's the latest today for you all? >> the properties in the resort area of atlantic city made out quite well. unfortunately a number of our employees suffered like their neighbors in this storm and are putting their lives back together and, of course, business in atlantic city has been affected for square substantially in the wake of the storm since our re-opening on friday. >> you keep hearing the boardwalk, how much? >> very substantially. gaming activity and hotel activity is down
romney won big states, whole damn south, louisiana. but, but here's the deal. of the nine key swing states obama won eight. i mean how -- even pennsylvania. despite the fact that after a week of hurricane sandy, thousands of amish remain without power. [ laughter ] >> superstorm sandy made landfall near atlantic city, new jersey ten days ago. resort city is struggling to get back on its feet. >> casinos were closed for nearly a week and that affected dozens of lower cal businesses....
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i think romney will lose in pennsylvania because republicans who might consider votie ining romney under normal circumstances are really upset about what's happened with the republican party and women and i think we're going to win in the philadelphia suburbs and that's how we're going to carry pennsylvania. >> governor dean, for both of you, you raised a point that we've been talking about this morning, which is that the composition of the electorate and what might be developing that suggests where american politics is going and the composition of the electorate. >> well, look, this is a more diverse country every year. i do think that in the long run, there will be a big debate about this. if governor romney does lose, the republicans have to change their tack on some of those issues and stick to economic issues. they haven't been able to do that in this campaign, and i think that's a big factor. >> let's look at the fact is that african-americans are going to vote for the african-american president. according to the polls, 92-2. 97-3. as far as hispanics are concerned, republican pres
i think romney will lose in pennsylvania because republicans who might consider votie ining romney under normal circumstances are really upset about what's happened with the republican party and women and i think we're going to win in the philadelphia suburbs and that's how we're going to carry pennsylvania. >> governor dean, for both of you, you raised a point that we've been talking about this morning, which is that the composition of the electorate and what might be developing that...
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how does governor romney get to 270? >> well, if ohio goes for the president, then it's a very steep path for governor romney to get to that 270. he would have to win virginia north carolina, florida, he would have to win colorado and wisconsin and then he still wouldn't be there yet. he would have to then at the end get to -- he would have to win nevada iowa which are states the obama folks think are already in their column they're very confident about them. so it's a tough path for them in governor romney loses ohio. >> what are you looking for in share of the electorate? >> the share of the white vote and minority vote. president obama got 43% of the white vote. that's a shrinking part of the electorate shrinking since 1992. or is this a new electorate? in 2008 president obama created a new coalition and the electorate is moving in the president's way. if governor romney does well tonight, the electorate will look more like it did in 2000 and 2004 than it did in 2008. >> i think 20% of the electorate in 2008 was a min
how does governor romney get to 270? >> well, if ohio goes for the president, then it's a very steep path for governor romney to get to that 270. he would have to win virginia north carolina, florida, he would have to win colorado and wisconsin and then he still wouldn't be there yet. he would have to then at the end get to -- he would have to win nevada iowa which are states the obama folks think are already in their column they're very confident about them. so it's a tough path for them...
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we look at mitt romney's path if we give mitt romney florida and then we give him ohio north carolina, and we give him virginia he's still only 266. so those are four big states all very hotly contested. then he would need new hampshire a fifth state to get to 270. >> who would you say at this point has the momentum. >> momentum is a tricky word. both can have momentum. they can have big rallies. mitt romney had something coming out of that first debate. polls were change. that started to ed toed to dissipate. whether it stopped before the storm most strategists think that. his momentum was gone wasn't back sliding but gone he was going to have to come up with something new to say, something new to keep him in the national conversation. what the hurricane did was block him and remove his ability to get on the air, to make a news story that would filter out throughout these electoral states sway little bit different than him losing momentum. he lost the opportunity to try to create it again. >> at the same time you had the president being praised by the governor of new jersey who was t
we look at mitt romney's path if we give mitt romney florida and then we give him ohio north carolina, and we give him virginia he's still only 266. so those are four big states all very hotly contested. then he would need new hampshire a fifth state to get to 270. >> who would you say at this point has the momentum. >> momentum is a tricky word. both can have momentum. they can have big rallies. mitt romney had something coming out of that first debate. polls were change. that...
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mitt romney had just 76. let's look at mitt romney. the best possible scenario for him is that he wins florida. we'll give florida to him. then we'll give him the other big one, ohio. 18 electoral votes. then 15 in north carolina. let's give him 13 in virginia. still not there yet. 266. this gives you a sense of how even the easiest path for romney is a tough path. then he could win any of the remaining five states. even little old new hampshire. i say little only because it's four electoral votes. no disparagement of the good people of new hampshire. that gets him to 270. that's his easiest path. >> obama? >> let's have john help me out here. the best path for the president, the easiest one is to win florida. a week and a half ago obama campaign advisers said that wasn't going to happen. they now believe they have a chance. not a big chance, but a chance to eke out a vilktry. florida makes a huge difference. >> already puts them at 266. >> they already believe iowa and nevada are more or less won. via the early vote and democratic adv
mitt romney had just 76. let's look at mitt romney. the best possible scenario for him is that he wins florida. we'll give florida to him. then we'll give him the other big one, ohio. 18 electoral votes. then 15 in north carolina. let's give him 13 in virginia. still not there yet. 266. this gives you a sense of how even the easiest path for romney is a tough path. then he could win any of the remaining five states. even little old new hampshire. i say little only because it's four electoral...
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. >> in case you hadn't heard president obama defeated mitt romney. we know this for sure despite fact that the returns from florida still have not been counted. [ laughter ] some people had to wait five or six hours to vote there. what goes on in florida. they had four years to fix that. and four years before that. we have to make sure florida never gets the olympic. >> florida. wow. >> no hanging chads this time but as you heard the presidential race in florida is again too close to call. we haven't called it yet. unlike 2000 the final outcome does not decide who wins. >> long time "miami herald" columnist carl hiassen is here to talk about the florida vote. his best selling novel is called "chomp." what is it with florida as kimmel said? >> we're in a state of euphoria because it didn't come down to us. we all live in dread of another repeat of bush versus gore. i don't know. i don't have an explanation. we can't seem to figure out how to count a ballot. and this could go on for years before we know how florida went in the election. >> talk about t
. >> in case you hadn't heard president obama defeated mitt romney. we know this for sure despite fact that the returns from florida still have not been counted. [ laughter ] some people had to wait five or six hours to vote there. what goes on in florida. they had four years to fix that. and four years before that. we have to make sure florida never gets the olympic. >> florida. wow. >> no hanging chads this time but as you heard the presidential race in florida is again too...
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mitt romney, it was a 20-point gender gap that. is the biggest gender gap in half a century. don't you think the comments of akin and murdock led to that or do you think it was something else? >> i think it was more than that. look, we lost senate candidates all over the country that had nothing to do with that. campaigns and candidates that should have won, that everyone thought would win, and they got beat as bad as todd akin did. i think that's not a fair assessment of what happened in the elections. >> a quick thing about benghazi, do you think that david petraeus should testify in congress notwithstanding his resignation as cia director? >> sure. i think he has to. and i think he will. he's an honorable man. he did a very unfortunate and a terrible thing with his family. but it does not take away from who he is and the extraordinary career that he's had as a person who has dodged bullets for the rest of us as americans. we were stand in line at starbucks trying to decide latte or regular coffee, he was out there taking bombs and bullets for america. i don't want to ever
mitt romney, it was a 20-point gender gap that. is the biggest gender gap in half a century. don't you think the comments of akin and murdock led to that or do you think it was something else? >> i think it was more than that. look, we lost senate candidates all over the country that had nothing to do with that. campaigns and candidates that should have won, that everyone thought would win, and they got beat as bad as todd akin did. i think that's not a fair assessment of what happened in...
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not only on the romney question but jeb bush saying i'm outside my party on the question of immigration. two contenders for 2016 who are apart from their party at a time when the party is trying to redefine itself. >> if, in fact hillary clinton decides to seek the nomination and gets the nomination and jeb bush gets the republican nomination it's bush/clinton all over again. >> we like familiarity in our politics. if we could just get a jefferson or hamilton to run again, we would all -- >> how about a lincoln? >> never too soon to start talking about politics. john dickerson, thanks so much. >> thanks, norah. >>> to the growing instability in the middle east. egypt's capital this morning, opponents rallied against mohamed morsi, he met with the senior judges monday trying to quiet the dispute over his effort to assume near absolute power. holly williams is in cairo. good morning holly. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and norah. he met with several senior judges and told them that one of his new powers immuneity from the court would only apply to sovereign matters. the problem is th
not only on the romney question but jeb bush saying i'm outside my party on the question of immigration. two contenders for 2016 who are apart from their party at a time when the party is trying to redefine itself. >> if, in fact hillary clinton decides to seek the nomination and gets the nomination and jeb bush gets the republican nomination it's bush/clinton all over again. >> we like familiarity in our politics. if we could just get a jefferson or hamilton to run again, we would...
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romney spent several weeks trying to walk back from that statement. now he seems to be embracing it again, the idea these voters are so easily manipulated the president merely needed to dangle a thing or two in front of them and they would rush him to at the polls. the reason you would embrace this argument if you're in the romney camp is the alternative argument is that they totally misread the electorate is a more painful one to embrace. >> one question that comes out of this is this notion that nancy cordes raised, is the president clearly desirous of reaching out with good intentions to republicans, because the susan rice deal suggests that he's ready to fight. >> on that one he is because he's irritated. sort of at a personal level as it was explained to me. on the taxes, though, he was both kind of firm but trying to be ambiguous. clearly the president thinks you have to raise revenue somehow. you can do it one of three ways. raise taxes on those making more than $250,000. reduce loopholes or some combination thereof. he basically thinks there's
romney spent several weeks trying to walk back from that statement. now he seems to be embracing it again, the idea these voters are so easily manipulated the president merely needed to dangle a thing or two in front of them and they would rush him to at the polls. the reason you would embrace this argument if you're in the romney camp is the alternative argument is that they totally misread the electorate is a more painful one to embrace. >> one question that comes out of this is this...
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the president was re-elected that you should vote against romney. he won by two points. he didn't make the case we should have higher taxes and higher spending. he kind of sounded like the opposite. >> i'm not sure that's what the president called mrks grover. that's not the debate that was had. the debate he had, he said very clearly throughout the debate that the wealthiest americans should pay more. and he won eight of the nine battleground states, and republicans failed to reclaim the white house or the senate. what about the exit polls that show a broad support for raising taxes on the wealthiest americans. are you wrong? >> well, two things. there are also polls that say 63% of people are against raising taxes. >> why didn't people then vote obama out of office? >> you saw those ads that suggested romney gave people cancer in ohio for months and months unanswered. you can trash an individual and get them to vote against him. again, where we had an election, there are 30 republican governors, and they're running campaigns against raising taxes and in favor of frankl
the president was re-elected that you should vote against romney. he won by two points. he didn't make the case we should have higher taxes and higher spending. he kind of sounded like the opposite. >> i'm not sure that's what the president called mrks grover. that's not the debate that was had. the debate he had, he said very clearly throughout the debate that the wealthiest americans should pay more. and he won eight of the nine battleground states, and republicans failed to reclaim the...
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. >> the president was elected on the basis he was not romney and that romney was a goofy head. >> i think everybody is tired of talking about president obama as i am. >> can the airlines meet these requirements? >> they can and will. >> if my first officer on the hudson river flight weren't as experienced, we could not have had the same outcome. >> police say they were in the park wildly except the story wasn't true. >> you have a chance to heal this, why are you not going, moving swiftly toward some sort of closure and justice? >> we come back the next day and what happened? where was i? >> you were talking to the golf virgin at the table. >> i was standing on stage and there be 100 people out there watching. >> hey, you're in my chair. >> i feel the greatness of my chair. >> i miss you. >> guy fieri. >> for me, it's about knowing the smartest people in the world. >> you have the chance to meet charlie and gayle. >> exactly. >> charlie rose, i know you know a thing or two about lincoln. >> if you want to have a private conversation, what would you do? >> make a date. >> meet down a
. >> the president was elected on the basis he was not romney and that romney was a goofy head. >> i think everybody is tired of talking about president obama as i am. >> can the airlines meet these requirements? >> they can and will. >> if my first officer on the hudson river flight weren't as experienced, we could not have had the same outcome. >> police say they were in the park wildly except the story wasn't true. >> you have a chance to heal this,...